Al St. John (1893–1963) was an American comic actor who appeared in 394 films between 1913 and 1952. Starting at Mack Sennett's Keystone Film Company, St. John rose through the ranks to become one of the major comedy stars of the 1920s, though less than half of his starring roles still survive today. With the advent of sound drastically changing and curtailing the two-reel comedy format, St. John diversified, creating a second career for himself as a comic sidekick in Western films and ultimately developing the character of "Fuzzy Q. Jones", for which he is best known in posterity.

Starring St. John

St. John's first starring roles were made at Keystone, but most of these were made at the very end of the history of the company, just as Mack Sennett was abandoning the "Keystone" moniker in order to extricate himself from the Triangle Film Corporation partnership. St. John got a second chance at solo stardom starting in 1919 with Paramount Pictures and the early Warner Bros. studio, and this led to extended series of 2-reel comedies for Fox Film Corporation and Educational Pictures. Al St. John starred in more than 70 2-reel comedies through 1932. This is the most important part of his personal legacy, but it remains the least accessible part of his activity. Changes to this list are inevitable, and are welcomed.

Title Release date Director Support Cast Silent/Sound Studio Distributor Status RefShot in the Excitement 1914-10-26 Unknown Alice Howell silent Keystone Mutual Extant LoCDVD Sennett Vol. 2 LOOSER THAN LOOSE MASTHEAD Al St. John YouTube channel Shot in the Excitement (1914) Al St. John – YouTubeThe Moonshiners 1916-5-14 Roscoe Arbuckle Alice Lake silent Keystone Triangle Extant Fragment at LoCPSFL entry Silent Era: PSFL: The Moonshiners (1916)The Stone Age 1917-1-9 Ferris Hartman Vera Reynolds silent Keystone Triangle Lost The Grab Bag Bride 1917-1-28 Ferris Hartman Vera Reynolds silent Keystone Triangle Extant LoCNew York Concertmeister BlogA Winning Loser 1917-2 Ferris Hartman Rose Pomeroy silent Keystone Triangle Lost A Self-Made Hero 1917 Ferris Hartman Mary Thurman silent Keystone Triangle Extant GEHSpeed 1919-11-30 Al St. John silent Warner Bros. Paramount Lost Cleaning Up 1920-3-28 Al St. John silent Paramount Paramount Lost She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not 1920-11-29 Al St. John Polly Moran silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost The Aero-Nut 1920 Unknown silent Warner Bros. Paramount Extant FragmentClip in Youngson, Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)Fired Again 1920 Al St. John silent Warner Bros. Paramount Extant LoC FragmentThe Slicker 1921-1-3 Al St. John Polly Moran silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost The Simp 1921-3-13 Al St. John silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost The Big Secret 1921-3-27 Ferris Hartman Larry Bowes silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost The Hayseed 1921-6-5 Ferris Hartman Alice Davenport silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost Ain't Love Grand? 1921-8-14 Al St. John Hilliard Karr silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost Small Town Stuff 1921-9-2 Al St. John silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost The Book Agent 1921-9-25 Unknown Claire Sedgwick silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost Fast and Furious 1921-10-2 Gilbert Pratt silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost The Happy Pest 1921-11-9 Ferris Hartman silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost Fool Days 1921-12-12 Gilbert Pratt silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Extant FragmentThe Paper Hanger 1921 Herman C. Raymaker Cliff Bowes silent Warner Bros. Extant MOMA, Blackhawk FilmsThree Good Pals 1921 Nate Watt Billy Bowes silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost Straight from the Farm 1922-2-5 Gilbert Pratt silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost A Studio Rube 1922-3-19 Gilbert Pratt silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Extant MOMASpecial Delivery 1922-4-30 Roscoe Arbuckle silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Extant MOMAThe Village Sheik 1922-6-4 Al St. John silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost All Wet 1922-9-3 Al St. John Otto Fries silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Extant MOMAThe City Chap 1922-10-15 Al St. John silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost Out of Place 1922-11-19 Al St. John silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Extant LoC, EYE Film Institute, the NetherlandsThe Alarm 1922-12-17 Al St. John silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost Young and Dumb 1923-1-28 Al St. John silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost The Salesman 1923-3-11 Al St. John silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost The Author 1923-4-29 Al St. John silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost A Tropical Romeo 1923-1-17 Al St. John silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost The Tailor 1923-8-26 Al St. John Victoria Louise Kerner silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost Full Speed Ahead 1923-9-30 Al St. John silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost Slow and Sure 1923-11-18 Al St. John silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost Spring Fever 1923-12-30 Archie Mayo Jean Arthur silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost Highly Recommended 1924-1-6 Al St. John silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost Be Yourself 1924-2-10 Al St. John silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost His Bitter Half 1924-6-15 Al St. John silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost His First Car 1924-7-27 Al St. John Doris Deane silent Tuxedo Comedies Educational Extant Never Again 1924-8-24 Al St. John Carmencita Johnson silent Tuxedo Comedies Educational Extant Lobster Films, 1 reelStupid, But Brave 1924-10-26 Roscoe Arbuckle silent Tuxedo Comedies Educational Extant MOMALovemania 1924-12-28 Al St. John Doris Deane silent Tuxedo Comedies Educational Extant Discovered in EuropeRapid Transit 1925-3-10 Al St. John silent Tuxedo Comedies Educational Lost Red Pepper 1925-4-5 Arvid E. Gillstrom Judy King silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Extant MOMAThe Iron Mule 1925-4-12 Roscoe Arbuckle, Grover Jones George Davis silent Tuxedo Comedies Educational Extant MOMA, DVD, Blackhawk FilmsDynamite Doggie 1925-5-9 Roscoe Arbuckle, Grover Jones silent Tuxedo Comedies Educational Extant Fares, Please! 1925-5-10 Stephen Roberts silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Lost Curses! 1925-5-17 Roscoe Arbuckle, Grover Jones Bartine Burkett silent Tuxedo Comedies Educational Extant DVDDumb and Daffy 1925-6-5 Al St. John silent Sunshine Comedies Fox Lost The Live Agent 1925-8-10 Al St. John Bartine Burkett silent Biff Comedies Bischoff Extant Fair Warning 1925-9-27 Stephen Roberts Virginia Vance silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Extant MOMAFire Away 1925-11-8 Stephen Roberts Lucille Hutton silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Extant BundesarchivService 1925-12-10 Al St. John John Sinclair silent Biff Comedies Bischoff Lost Live Cowards 1926-1-10 Stephen Roberts silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Extant EYE Film Institute, the NetherlandsRain and Shine 1926-1 Al St. John John Sinclair silent Biff Comedies Bischoff Lost His Taking Ways 1926-2-2 Al St. John John Sinclair silent Biff Comedies Bischoff Extant Hold Your Hat 1926-2-14 Stephen Roberts silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Lost Sky Bound 1926-3-28 Stephen Roberts Otto Fries silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Lost Who Hit Me? 1926-7-11 Stephen Roberts Estelle Bradley silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Extant MOMAPink Elephants 1926-10-2 Stephen Roberts silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Lost Flaming Romance 1926-11-21 Stephen Roberts Aileen Lopez silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Extant LoC reel 2 onlyHigh Sea Blues 1927-1-2 Stephen Roberts Estelle Bradley silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Extant Listen Lena 1927-2-13 Stephen Roberts, Clem Beauchamp Lucille Hutton silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Extant Hot Lightning 1927-3-6 Stephen Roberts Clem Beauchamp silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Extant Grapevine video VHSRoped In 1927-3-20 Charles Lamont silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Lost Jungle Heat 1927-4-24 Stephen Roberts Clem Beauchamp silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Extant No Cheating 1927-6-26 Stephen Roberts silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Lost High Spots 1927-7-31 Stephen Roberts silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Extant LoC reel 2 onlyRacing Mad 1928-1-8 Stephen Roberts Estelle Bradley silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Extant Lobster FilmsCall Your Shots 1928-9-16 Stephen Roberts Otto Fries silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Lost Hot or Cold 1928-12-2 Stephen Roberts Harold Goodwin silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Extant Smart Steppers 1929-3-3 Stephen Roberts silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Lost Hot Times 1929-5-26 Stephen Roberts silent Mermaid Comedies Educational Lost Western Knights 1930-4-30 Stephen Roberts Eddie Lambert sound Mermaid Comedies Educational ExtantTwo Fresh Eggs 1930-7-6 Monte Carter Jimmy Aubrey sound E.B. Derr Productions Pathé Extant Honeymoon Trio 1931-8-30 Roscoe Arbuckle Walter Catlett sound Cameo Comedies Educational Extant That's My Meat 1931-10-4 Roscoe Arbuckle sound Cameo Comedies Educational Extant Bridge Wives 1932-2-21 Roscoe Arbuckle Fern Emmett sound Cameo Comedies Educational Extant

Fuzzy Q. Jones appearances

"Fuzzy Q. Jones" was developed when Al St. John filled in for actor Fuzzy Knight on a film Knight was unable to make. St. John made more than 80 western films in this character, which proved indispensable to the PRC studio and so popular that "Fuzzy Settles Down" (1944) remains the only American B-Western that is titled after the sidekick. In post-war Germany, where Fuzzy was especially popular, he was always billed in the title of his pictures, despite the presence of the hero. It was as Fuzzy—whom Al came to regard as a separate person, apart from himself—that St. John finished out his long film career. These films had, in many cases, multiple theatrical distributors, and most of the PRCs were re-released in the 1950s by Madison Pictures, though in some instances in cut down versions. In cases where a television vendor is the more likely medium through which one may see a given title, the vendor is listed in the distribution field is given rather than the original theatrical distributor. A listing for a home video does not automatically mean that the title is still available for viewing. All of these films were made in sound, and are extant.